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This brief presents key insights based on the import and export process analyses included in the TPAD. It provides an integrated view and performance information for a selection of 27 product-specific import and export process analyses conducted in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, and Thailand from 2010 to 2014.

The Economic and Social Survey for Asia and the Pacific is the flagship publication of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The Survey is a comprehensive analysis of the Asia-Pacific region and the various development challenges that it faces. The 2014 edition of the Survey focuses on the theme of "Regional Connectivity for Shared Prosperity".

The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific is the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific. This flagship publication of ESCAP outlines policies to sustain dynamic growth and to make it inclusive such as unlocking fiscal space to finance higher productive government spending and enhancing regional connectivity through stronger institutional coordination across the region.

This report has been produced as part of the Pacific Climate Change and Migration (PCCM) Project entitled, ‘Enhancing the Capacity of Pacific Island Countries to Manage the Impacts of Climate Change on Migration’. The PCCM Project is a three year project
(2013-2016) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Compendium of Legislation and Institutional Arrangements for Labour Migration in Pacific Island Countries

This report has been produced as part of the Pacific Climate Change and Migration (PCCM) Project entitled, ‘Enhancing the Capacity of Pacific Island Countries to Manage the Impacts of Climate Change on Migration’. The PCCM Project is a three year project (2013-2016) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The Asia-Pacific Statistics Newsletter,Second Quarter 2014, provides information on the Network for the Coordination of Statistical Training in Asia and the Pacific; features an interview with Mr Chris Ryan, new Regional Advisor on Statistics, Statistics Division, ESCAP; announces important events and meeting; and provides update on the areas of work.

This regional study consists of four coordinated country studies of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal, conducted on three regional corridors offering a detailed picture of the business processes associated with importing and/or exporting selected goods from or to other countries within the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program. Relevant procedures were identified and mapped using a common methodology outlined in the UNNExT Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures.

This study aimed at identifying key factors affecting SME participation in direct export and international production networks (IPNs), both globally and in Asia and the Pacific. A global dataset of firm-level data from developing countries was analyzed to identify the main obstacles to establishment and operation of direct and indirect small and medium size exporters. Logit models of SME export and IPN participation revealed the importance of several trade facilitation and related factors.

The Policy Papers on Countries with Special Needs Series addresses key issues and concerns in reducing development gaps and promoting inclusive, resilient and sustainable development of the countries with special needs in the Asia-Pacific region. The Series aims at generating a forward-looking discussion among policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders to help forge political will and build a regional consensus on the needed policy actions to close development gaps of least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states of the region.